This project consists in the implementation of a teleoperation system of the arms of a NAO robot using the Kinect camera from Microsoft as a way to teach the robot by demonstration of preset movements. The concept proposes an innovative method that turns possible a control with high manipulation freedom, using completely non-invasive technology, by the means of a camera that is able to capture ...

Scientists and clinicians need to know the authorship, author interests, and origination of the articles they read to judge them appropriately. Since 1985, the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) has provided evolving guidance on how authorship should be managed in the complex setting of modern biomedical science [1,2], to the benefit of the published literature. Issues s...

We here present results and analysis from a study of affective tactile communication between human and humanoid robot (the NAO robot). In the present work, participants conveyed eight emotions to the NAO via touch. In this study, we sought to understand the potential for using a wearable affective (tactile) interface, or WAffI. The aims of our study were to address the following: (i) how emotio...

Following over 20 years of research on the climatic effects on biodiversity we now have strong evidence that climate change affects phenology, fitness, and distribution ranges of different taxa, including birds. Bird phenology likely responds to changes in local weather. It is also affected by climatic year-to-year variations on larger scales. Although such scale-related effects are common in e...

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L. ssp. caucasica Rousi) is one of the most important wild edible fruits, grown in Turkey for centuries without any chemical treatments. The plant extremely resistant to adverse environmental conditions. In this study, main agro-morphological and biochemical berry traits and, a lesser extent, other morphological 10 sea genotypes sampled from eastern Anatolia ...

Rhizoma A. officinarum (Hance) Farw, synonymously is called rhizoma galangae or smaller galangal (hereafter abbreviated as AO). Numerous studies reported that AO possesses anti-inflammatory, anticancer, chemoprotective, antibacterial, antifungal and diuretic properties. To understand whether AO exhibits antihyperlipidemic bioactivity and what is the mechanism of action, we performed chemical an...

a complexometric method for the determination of titanium in the presence of other metal ions based on the selective masking ability of 5-sulphosalicylic acid towards titanium is described. titanium (iv) present in a given sample solution is complexed with a known excess of edta and surplus edta is titrated against zinc sulphate solution at ph 5-6 using xylenol orange as the indicator. a known ...

Gamma aminobutyric acid and glycine receptors in the nucleus ambiguus mediate 1 tachycardia elicited by chemical stimulation of the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus 2 3 Vineet C. Chitravanshi, Kazumi Kawabe and Hreday N. Sapru 4 5 Department of Neurological Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange 6 Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA 7 8 9 10 Short title: Arcuate nucleus: heart rate ...